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Some Interesting Social Stats, and what they mean for a multi-device world

We’re always keeping up with new industry data, and thought we share a few gems we’ve gathered recently.

Big TV events like the Oscars and the Superbowl are generating more simul-surfing than ever: 14.5% of Superbowl users were online while viewing, compared with 12.8% a year ago, while the number of Oscar fans who did so [...]

Internet + TV = Social Opportunity

Nielsen came out with a great new report, Three Screen Report, that highlighted new data on the trend towards watching TV while simultaneously surfing the Internet. Aside from the reported 35% quarterly increase in viewers watching TV and using the Internet at the same time – they now do this on an average of 3.5 [...]

Foursquare and Bravo take Social TV Outside

Not all Social TV has to take place in the living room. Recently, TV network Bravo teamed up with website Foursquare to get viewers to visit real-world locations related to Bravo TV shows like “The Real Housewives”, “Top Chef” and “Shear Genius”.

Foursquare is a “check-in” website that enables users to broadcast their current location to [...]

What’s cool about the iPad? The possibilities…

As always, Apple creates great stuff…no news there.  When I look at the iPad, I can’t help but think of what future iPad generations will bring.  For starters, I don’t think it’s a stretch to see voice, SMS and MMS services added – seems like this version will make it easier to use my Facebook [...]

An observation from NTVL: Social features are gaining traction

One observation I had from NTV is that “programmers, content provider, operators” and nearly anyone who controls or offers their services to an end-user consumer, is really beginning to appreciate adding a “social element” to their offering.

Mark Whitten, General Manager of Xbox Live for Microsoft, talked about the many ways Xbox started out as a [...]